Kronos Bio Appoints Jorge DiMartino as Its Chief Medical Officer

Kronos Bio has named Jorge DiMartino as its chief medical officer and executive vice president, clinical development, a newly created position. DiMartino, who was most recently at Celgene as vice president, translational development, will be based at Kronos headquarters in San Mateo, CA.

Kronos, which aims to use its Small Molecule Microarray technology to develop therapies that can hit molecular targets historically considered “undruggable,” is advancing two preclinical compounds.

Author: Sarah de Crescenzo

Sarah is Xconomy's San Diego-based editor. Prior to joining the team in 2018, she wrote about startups, tech and finance at the San Diego Business Journal. Her decade of full-time news experience includes coverage of subjects including campaign finance, crime and courts as a reporter and editor at outlets throughout California, including the Orange County Register. She earned a bachelor's degree in English Literature at UC San Diego, where she wrote for the student newspaper and played collegiate lacrosse. In 2019, she earned an MBA at UC Irvine.